1996–97 FC Basel season

The 1996–97 Fussball Club Basel 1893 season was their 104th season since the club's foundation. Peter Epting retired from the chairmanship and René C. Jäggi became the club's new chairman following the AGM which was held in November. FC Basel played their home games in the St. Jakob Stadium. Following their promotion in the 1993–94 season this was their third consecutive season in the highest tier of Swiss football.

FC Basel
1996–97 season
Chairman René C. Jäggi
ManagerKarl Engel (until March 1997)
Heinz Hermann (interim)
Salvatore Andracchio (ad interim from April)
GroundSt. Jakob Stadium, Basel
Nationalliga AQualifying Phase 8th
Nationalliga AChampions Group 8th
Swiss CupRound of 16
1995 UEFA Intertoto Cup2nd in Group 7
Top goalscorerLeague: Gaetano Giallanza (17)
All: Gaetano Giallanza (19)
Highest home attendance22,000 on 2 March 1997
vs Zürich
Lowest home attendance6,000 on 15 May 1997
vs Xamax
and on 31 May 1997
vs Aarau
Average home league attendance10,800[1]

Overview

Pre-season

Karl Engel was trainer at the start of the season, but he was replaced by Heinz Hermann in March 1997. Hermann only remained manager for a few weeks and was replaced by Salvatore Andracchio (ad interim) until the end of the season.[1] The clubs priority aim was to remain in the top flight of Swiss football.

A number of players had left the club during the off-season, Ike Shorunmu transferred to Zürich, Mario Cantaluppi moved to Servette and Gabriel Okolosi to Young Boys. Both Davide Orlando and Alexandre Rey moved back to Sion. Further players who left the club were Marco Walker, who moved to German team 1860 Munich, Lars Olsen returned to Denmark and joined Brøndby and Andre Meier moved on to FC Schaffhausen. To balance this, the club made some new signings as the season started. Adrian Knup returned to the club, signed in after a short spell by Galatasaray. Other players who joined from foreign clubs were, Adrian Falub who came from Universitatea Cluj and Mariano Armentano from Racing Club. A number of players also transferred from the domestic league, Gaetano Giallanza and Jean-Pierre La Placa both signed in from Sion, Mario Frick came from St. Gallen and Yann Poulard signed in from SR Delémont.[2]

Domestic league

The season did not start too well, it took until the twelfth round until the team recorded their third victory and one of these three was a forfeit victory because YB had used an unqualified player, Erol Bekirovski, in the match in the fourth round. As the first half of the season came to an end, the team had gathered five victories, ten draws and had suffered seven defeats in which the team scored 32 goals and conceded 33. Gaetano Giallanza was the team's top scorer with nine goals and Mario Frick was second best with six goals. Basel were in eighth position in the league table, thus, they qualified for the Championship round.

During the winter break Markus Schupp signed in on loan from Hamburger SV, Franco Foda signed in from VfB Stuttgart and Fabrice Henry signed in from CD Toledo. Also during the winter break Admir Smajić transferred out to Young Boys. In the Championship round the team suffered six defeats in a row. During this period head-coach Karl Engel was fired and was replaced by Heinz Hermann. The football did not improve and after just a few weeks Hermann was replaced by Salvatore Andracchio. Basel ended the championship round with nine defeats in twelve games. They had won only three games and so they ended the group in the last position in the league table. The team scored just 16 goals and had conceded 28. Gaetano Giallanza was the team's top scorer, he had netted eight times in this stage.[3]

Swiss Cup

Basel entered the Swiss Cup in the third principal round. The opponent here was lower tier FC Münsingen. Basel won the match after extra time. In the fourth round hosted the game against Young Boys and won 2–1. Oumar Kondé and Jean-Pierre La Placa each scored a goal and turned the game, after the team had been a goal behind early in the match. In the round of 16 Basel hosted Servette but they were knocked out, losing 1–4. The cup final was played between Sion and Luzern and ended with three all draw after extra time. Sion won the penalty shoot out and won the trophy. Because Sion won the double, as Swiss champions, they were qualified for the 1997–98 Champions League. Therefore, as finalists Luzern qualified to the 1997–98 Cup Winners' Cup.[4]

UEFA Intertoto Cup

In the 1996 UEFA Intertoto Cup Basel played in group 7 together with Rotor Volgograd, Antalyaspor, Shakhtar Donetsk and Ataka-Aura Minsk. Basel won in Turkey against Antalyaspor and at home in the St. Jakob Stadium against Minsk. They drew at home with Shakhtar, but lost the in Russia against Volgograd who ended at the top of the group and continued to the next round. Basel ended the competition as second-placed team in the group league table.[5]

Players

The following is the list of the Basel first team squad. It also includes players that were in the squad the day the season started on 10 July 1996 but subsequently left the club after that date.

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
1 GK   SUI Stefan Huber
2 DF   SUI Massimo Ceccaroni
3 DF   SUI Yann Poulard (from SR Delémont)
4 DF  BIH Samir Tabakovic
5 DF   SUI Daniel Salvi (from Wil)
6 MF  GHA Alex Nyarko
7 MF   SUI Bruno Sutter
8 MF  LIE Mario Frick (from St. Gallen)
8 MF   SUI Mario Cantaluppi (to Servette)
9 FW   SUI Dario Zuffi
10 MF  BIH Admir Smajić (to Young Boys)
11 FW   SUI Gaetano Giallanza (from Sion)
12 GK   SUI Thomas Grüter
13 FW   SUI Adrian Knup (from Galatasaray)
14 MF   SUI Theodoros Disseris
15 MF  FRA Fabrice Henry (from CD Toledo)
No. Pos. Nation Player
16 DF   SUI Ivan Reimann (from youth team)
16 MF   SUI Dominic Moser (on loan to Young Boys)
17 MF   SUI Jean-Pierre La Placa (from Sion)
17 MF   SUI Hakan Yakin
18 DF   SUI Cyrill Schmidiger (from SV Muttenz)
19 DF   SUI Davide Orlando
20 DF   SUI Oumar Kondé
21 MF  ARG Mariano Armentano (from Racing Club)
22 GK   SUI Oliver Stöckli
23 MF  ROU Adrian Falub (from Universitatea Cluj)
24 DF   SUI Yannick Hasler
24 MF  GER Markus Schupp (from Hamburger SV)
24 MF  ITA Marcello Gamberini (from Modigliana Calcio)
25 MF  GER Franco Foda (from VfB Stuttgart)
— DF   SUI Remo Buess (from youth team)
— DF   SUI Marco Tschopp
Players who left the squad

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
— GK  NIG Ike Shorunmu (to Zürich)
— DF  FRA Yassine Douimi (to FC Riehen)
— DF  DEN Lars Olsen (to Brøndby)
— DF  TUR Dilaver Satılmış (to Trabzonspor)
— DF  BRA Vilmar (to FC Baden)
No. Pos. Nation Player
— DF   SUI Marco Walker (to 1860 Munich)
— MF   SUI Andre Meier (to FC Schaffhausen)
— MF   SUI Daniele Moro (end of loan from Xamax)
— MF  NIG Gabriel Okolosi (to Young Boys)
— FW   SUI Davide Orlando (to Sion)
— FW   SUI Alexandre Rey (to Sion)

Results
Legend

  Win   Draw   Loss   Postponed

Pre- and mid-season
20 June 1996 Pre-season Basel 2 – 4 Grasshopper Club Löhrenacker, Aesch
19:30 Smajić  80'
H. Yakin 89' (1:4)
Nyarko 90' (2:4)		 Summary 41' (0:1) Magnin
52' (0:2) Magnin
70' (0:3) Abdullahi
79' (0:4) Jansen		 Attendance: 1,200
Referee: Andreas Schluchter
25 June 1996 Pre-season FC Deitingen 0 – 8 Basel Grabmatt, Deitingen
19:00 Summary 1' (0:1) Armentano
7' (0:2) La Placa
13' (0:3) La Placa
19' (0:4) Armentano
22' (0:5) Smajić
70' (0:6) Smajić
82' (0:7) Armentano
88' (0:8) Armentano		 Attendance: 500
Referee: Dieter Schoch
5 July 1996 Pre-season Thun 0 – 4 Basel Stadion Lachen, Thun
19:00 Summary 26' (0:1) H. Yakin
78' (o.g. 0:2) Speich
82' (0:3) Frick
88' (0:4) Giallanza		 Attendance: 300
Referee: Markus Nobs, (Wohlen)
18 August 1996 Mid-season Basel 1 – 4 Bahrain Stadion Rankhof, Basel
Armentano  32'
Ivan Reimann  37'
Armentano 66' (1:2)		 Summary  15' Alhayki
45' (0:1) Jasim
62' (0:2) Issa
 75' Mohamed
87' (1:3) Al Dossari
90' (1:4) Jasim		 Attendance: 2,500
Referee: Andreas Schluchter
Note: Opening of the Stadion Rankhof sports facilities
3 October 1996 Mid-season SV Muttenz 1 – 5 Basel Margelacker, Muttenz
19:00 Morpain 64' (1:2) Summary 24' (0:1) Giallanza
62' (0:2) Armentano
72' (1:3) Armentano
77' (1:4) Armentano
83' (1:5) Armentano		 Attendance: 1,500
Referee: Andreas Schluchter
8 November 1996 Mid-season Basel 2 – 1 Italian 11 Gitterli, Liestal
19:00 Falub  22'
Giallanza 23' (1:0)
Zuffi 85' (2:1)		 Summary 45' (1:1) Pupita
 57' Pupita
 82' Magrini		 Attendance: 700
Referee: Andreas Schluchter

Winter break
30 January 1997 Winter break Servette 3 – 0 Basel Stade des Trois-Chêne, Thônex
15:00 Rey 64' (1:0)
Rey 66' (2:0)
Pizzinat 69' (3:0)
Nava  81'		 Summary Attendance: 100
Referee: Dieter Schoch
8 February 1997 Winter break SC Freiburg 2 – 2 Basel Dreisamstadion, Freiburg
15:30 Jurčević 19' (1:1)
Wagner 84' (2:1)		 Summary 13' (0:1) Nyarko
90+1' (2:2) H. Yakin		 Attendance: 9,000
Referee: Fritz Baudendistel
9 February 1997 Winter break Locarno 0 – 0 Basel Stadio del Lido, Locarno
14:00 Senn  35' Summary  17' La Placa
 32' H. Yakin		 Attendance: 400
Referee: Carlo Bertolini
13 February 1997 Winter break Pianorese Calcio 0 – 5 Basel Stadio Comunale, Pianoro, Bologna
Summary 35' (0:1) Knup
38' (0:2) H. Yakin
58' (0:3) Knup
75' (0:4) Knup
87' (0:5) Giallanza		 Attendance: 25
Referee: Salvatore Nuccio
15 February 1997 Winter break Lugano 1 – 0 Basel Cornaredo, Lugano
14:00 Kallon 73' (1:0) Summary Attendance: 500
Referee: Roberto Ferrari
22 February 1997 Winter break Basel 1 – 0 Luzern St. Jakob Stadium, Basel
15:00 Falub 24' (1:0) Summary Attendance: 4,700
Referee: Andreas Schluchter
Note: FC Basel debut for Franco Foda

Nationalliga A
Main article: 1996–97 Nationalliga A

Qualifying phase
10 July 1996 Round 1 Aarau 0 – 1 Basel Stadion Brügglifeld, Aarau
20:00 Georgiew  89' Summary 58' (0:1) La Placa
 74' Smajić		 Attendance: 7,900
Referee: Dieter Schoch
17 July 1996 Round 2 Basel 0 – 1 Xamax St. Jakob Stadium, Basel
20:00 Orlando  21'
Frick  29'		 Summary  18' Vernier
88' (0:1) Isabella		 Attendance: 16,000
Referee: Karl Strässle
24 July 1996 Round 3 Basel Postponed Luzern St. Jakob Stadium, Basel
27 July 1996 Round 4 Young Boys 0 – 3 FF Basel Wankdorf Stadium, Bern
20:00 Okolosi 27' (1:0)
Neqrouz  82'
Gerber  38' 85' (2:2)		 Summary  23' Tabakovic
(1:1) Nyarko
 44' Orlando
64' (1:2) Frick		 Attendance: 8,000
Referee: Marcel Vollenweider
Note: Forfeit victory for FCB because YB used an unqualified player, Erol Bekirovski.
31 July 1996 Round 5 St. Gallen 1 – 0 Basel Espenmoos, St. Gallen
20:00 Allenspach 50' (1:0)
Motaung  81'		 Summary  30' Dominic Moser
 52' Ceccaroni
 82' Armentano
 90' Smajić		 Attendance: 10,000
Referee: Werner Müller
3 August 1996 Round 6 Basel 1 – 1 Servette St. Jakob Stadium, Basel
20:00 La Placa 34' (1:1)
Frick  37'
La Placa  72'		 Summary 7' (0:1) Pouget
 35' Müller
 65' Margarini		 Attendance: 7,500
Referee: Dieter Schoch
11 August 1996 Round 7 Sion 2 – 2 Basel Stade Tourbillon, Sion
18:00 Kombouaré 8' (1:0)
Gaspoz  41'
Bonvin 85' (2:2)		 Summary 30' (1:1) Nyarko
32' (1:2) Frick
 75' Zuffi		 Attendance: 9,800
Referee: Carlo Bertolini
17 August 1996 Round 8 Basel 4 – 5 Grasshopper Club St. Jakob Stadium, Basel
20:00 H. Yakin 10' (1:0)
H. Yakin 12' (2:0)
Frick 35' (3:3)
Giallanza 90' (4:5)		 Summary  6' Gämperle
13' (2:1) Moldovan
14' (2:2) Moldovan
20' (2:3) Türkyilmaz
42' (3:4) Comisetti
 59' Esposito
 64'  82' Thüler
73' (3:5) Türkyilmaz		 Attendance: 14,000
Referee: Serge Muhmenthaler
24 August 1996 Round 9 Lugano 1 – 1 Basel Cornaredo, Lugano
20:00 Bugnard  65'
Giannini  48'
Giannini 86' (1:1)		 Summary  50' H. Yakin
68' (0:1) Giallanza		 Attendance: 3,300
Referee: Kurt Zuppinger
27 August 1996 Round 3 Basel 2 – 2 Luzern St. Jakob Stadium, Basel
20:00 La Placa 4' (1:0)
Smajić  68'
Frick 88' (pen. 2:2)		 Summary  27'  66' Fink
33' (1:1) Sermeter
78' (1:2) Wolf		 Attendance: 7,500
Referee: Roland Beck
4 September 1996 Round 10 Basel 2 – 4 Lausanne-Sport St. Jakob Stadium, Basel
20:00 Nyarko  19'
Frick  65' 30' (1:0)
Giallanza 90+1' (2:4)		 Summary 32' (1:1) Udovič
 36' Ohrel
40' (1:2) Sané
 53' Iglesias
76' (1:3) Douglas
84' (1:4) Douglas		 Attendance: 7,500
Referee: Markus Nobs
7 September 1996 Round 11 Zürich 1 – 1 Basel Letzigrund, Zürich
20:00 Mazzarelli 77' (1:1) Summary  36' Ceccaroni
38' (0:1) Giallanza
 73' Grüter
 75' Salvi		 Attendance: 10,500
Referee: Urs Meier
14 September 1996 Round 12 Basel 2 – 0 Aarau St. Jakob Stadium, Basel
20:00 Falub  4'
Armentano 18' (1:0)
Armentano  18'
Nyarko 24' (2:0)
Frick  90'		 Summary  12' Bader
 66' Wiederkehr
 41' Christ		 Attendance: 7,000
Referee: Jürg Herrmann
18 September 1996 Round 13 Xamax 3 – 3 Basel Stade de la Maladière (1924), Neuchâtel
20:00 Leśniak 18' (1:0)
Kunz 19' (2:0)
Gigon  21'
Gigon 43' (3:1)		 Summary  11' Frick
36' (2:1) La Placa
55' (3:2) Giallanza
 56' Smajić
67' (3:3) Frick		 Attendance: 7,200
Referee: Claude Détruche
28 September 1996 Round 14 Luzern 0 – 3 Basel Stadion Allmend Luzern
20:00 Summary 19' (0:1) Giallanza
19' (0:2) La Placa
 34' La Placa
45' (0:3) Giallanza		 Attendance: 14,850
Referee: Carlo Bertolini
9 October 1996 Round 15 Basel 1 – 1 Young Boys St. Jakob Stadium, Basel
20:00 Giallanza 10' (1:0)
Giallanza  76'		 Summary  8' Neqrouz
35' (1:1) Okolosi
 44' Streun
 56' Ivanov
 79' Okolosi		 Attendance: 10,500
Referee: Marcel Vollenweider
13 October 1996 Round 16 Basel 2 – 2 St. Gallen St. Jakob Stadium, Basel
14:30 Orlando  19'
Giallanza 39' (1:1)
Zuffi  79'
H. Yakin 85' (2:2)		 Summary  4' Motaung
27' (0:1) Regtop
 35' Mouidi
 65' Eugster
 69' Brunner
75' (1:2) Dittgen
 90' Dittgen		 Attendance: 14,000
Referee: Serge Muhmenthale
20 October 1996 Round 17 Servette 2 – 0 Basel Charmilles Stadium, Geneva
14:30 Nava 12' (1:0)
Němeček 25' (2:0)
Pizzinat  31'
Němeček  53'		 Summary  11' Zuffi Attendance: 4,500
Referee: Jürg Herrmann
27 October 1996 Round 18 Basel 0 – 3 Sion St. Jakob Stadium, Basel
14:30 Salvi  44'
H. Yakin  78'		 Summary 17' (0:1) Chassot
34' (0:2) Bonvin
 49' Biaggi
 55' Lehmann
75' (0:3) Vercruysse		 Attendance: 8,500
Referee: Claude Détruche
3 November 1996 Round 19 Grasshopper Club 4 – 2 Basel Hardturm, Zürich
14:30 Esposito 4' (1:0)
Moldovan 15' (2:0)
Moldovan 22' (3:0)
Smiljanić  54'
Subiat 86' (4:2)		 Summary 32' (3:1) Armentano
 58' Poulard
70' (3:2) Nyarko		 Attendance: 12,750
Referee: Dieter Schoch
17 November 1996 Round 20 Basel 2 – 0 Lugano St. Jakob Stadium, Basel
14:30 Giallanza 42' (1:0)
Giallanza 55' (2:0)
Nyarko  86'		 Summary  24' Morf
 62' Karić		 Attendance: 7,500
Referee: Urs Meier
24 November 1996 Round 21 Lausanne-Sport 0 – 0 Basel Olympique de la Pontaise, Lausanne
14:30 Iglesias  61'
Ohrel  88'		 Summary  81' Frick
 82' Disseris		 Attendance: 5,100
Referee: Carlo Bertolini
1 December 1996 Round 22 Basel 0 – 0 Zürich St. Jakob Stadium, Basel
14:30 Disseris  9'
Falub  84'		 Summary  22' Gambino
 42' Di Jorio
 45' Tarone		 Attendance: 21,000
Referee:

League table
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Xamax 22 12 8 2 36 20 +16 44 Advance to championship round
halved points (rounded up) as bonus
2 Grasshopper Club 22 10 9 3 42 27 +15 39
3 Sion 22 9 10 3 33 21 +12 37
4 Aarau 22 9 8 5 21 14 +7 35
5 Lausanne-Sport 22 9 7 6 35 32 +3 34
6 St. Gallen 22 6 10 6 20 26 −6 28
7 Zürich 22 6 9 7 24 25 −1 27
8 Basel 22 5 11 6 32 32 0 26
9 Servette 22 5 9 8 24 25 −1 24 Continue to promotion/relegation round
10 Luzern 22 4 11 7 27 32 −5 23
11 Lugano 22 2 9 11 14 32 −18 15
12 Young Boys 22 3 3 16 17 39 −22 12
Source: rsssf.com

Championship group
2 March 1997 Round 1 Basel 1 – 0 Zürich St. Jakob Stadium, Basel
15:00 Zuffi  3'
Giallanza  22' 55' (pen. 1:0)
Ceccaroni  84'		 Summary  9' Andersen
 87' Konjić		 Attendance: 22,000
Referee: Kurt Zuppinger
9 March 1997 Round 2 Aarau 2 – 1 Basel Stadion Brügglifeld, Aarau
14:30 Christ  21'
Ćirić 66' (1:0)
Bader
Hodel 84' (2:1)		 Summary  17' Falub
 44'  59' Foda
79' (1:1) Giallanza
 87' H. Yakin		 Attendance: 9,700
Referee: Dieter Schoch
23 March 1997 Round 3 Basel 0 – 1 Sion St. Jakob Stadium, Basel
15:00 Ceccaroni  31' Summary  13' Quentin
20' (0:1) Ouattara
 83' Murray		 Attendance: 15,000
Referee: Carlo Bertolin
26 March 1997 Round 4 Xamax 3 – 0 Basel Stade de la Maladière (1924), Neuchâtel
20:00 Kunz 19' (1:0)
Perret  45'
Wittl 65' (2:0)
Cyprien 90' (3:0)		 Summary  60' Reimann Attendance: 8,800
Referee: Urs Meier
5 April 1997 Round 5 Basel 1 – 2 St. Gallen St. Jakob Stadium, Basel
20:00 Giallanza 67' (1:0) Summary  30' Allenspach
81' (1:1) Regtop
88' (1:2) Regtop		 Attendance: 7,400
Referee: Claude Détruche
13 April 1997 Round 6 Grasshopper Club 4 – 1 Basel Hardturm, Zürich
14:30 Türkyilmaz 39' (1:1)
Moldovan 56' (pen 2:1)
Vogel 57' (3:1)
Haas  61'
Vogel 68' (4:1)		 Summary  20' Nyarko
32' (0:1) Bruno Sutter
 35' Huber
 38' Giallanza		 Attendance: 11,000
Referee: Dominique Tavel
19 April 1997 Round 7 Lausanne-Sport 2 – 0 Basel Olympique de la Pontaise, Lausanne
20:00 Hänzi 17' (1:0)
Douglas  52'
Sané 83' (2:0)		 Summary

Attendance: 8,000
Referee: Kurt Zuppinge
24 April 1997 Round 8 Basel 3 – 2 Lausanne-Sport St. Jakob Stadium, Basel
Giallanza 29' (1:1)
Giallanza 35' (2:1)
Kondé  79'
Nyarko 79' (3:2)		 Summary 8' (0:1) Sané
 31' Iglesias
59' (22) Rehn
 66'  87' Piffaretti		 Attendance: 4,000
Referee: Carlo Bertolin
3 May 1997 Round 9 Basel 3 – 3 Grasshopper Club St. Jakob Stadium, Basel
20:00 Knup 7' (1:0)
Giallanza 23' (2:1)
Kondé  43'
Knup 72' (3:2)		 Summary  15' Smiljanić
19' (1:1) Moldovan
 35' Haas
43' (2:2) Türkyilmaz
76' (3:3) Magnin
 80' Ahinful		 Attendance: 13,000
Referee: Urs Meier
10 May 1997 Round 10 St. Gallen 2 – 1 Basel Espenmoos, St. Gallen
17:30 Regtop 18' (1:0)
Hellinga  57'
Allenspach  61'
Tsawa  74'
Contini  76'
Regtop 82' (2:1)
Regtop  82'		 Summary 22' Giallanza
 25' Foda
 43' Giallanza
 45' Falub		 Referee:
15 May 1997 Round 11 Basel 1 – 3 Xamax St. Jakob Stadium, Basel
20:00 Knup 39' (pen. 1:0)
Frick  44'
Tabakovic  48'		 Summary  39' Corminbœuf
47' (1:1) Leśniak
52' (1:2) Isabella
 65' Martin Rueda
80' (1:3) Wittl		 Attendance: 6,000
Referee: Serge Muhmenthaler
24 May 1997 Round 12 Sion 1 – 0 Basel Stade Tourbillon, Sion
20:00 Lukić 32' (1:0)
Wicky  43'		 Summary  45' Kondé
 53' Schupp		 Attendance: 11,000
Referee: Kurt Zuppinger
31 May 1997 Round 13 Basel 3 – 2 Aarau St. Jakob Stadium, Basel
20:00 Giallanza 49' (1:0)
Knup 54' (2:0)
Knup 60' (3:0)
Ceccaroni  72'		 Summary 77' (3:1) Brugnoli
90+1' (3:2) Kilian		 Attendance: 6,000
Referee: Werner Müller
4 June 1997 Round 14 Zürich 1 – 1 Basel Letzigrund, Zürich
20:00 La Placa 50' (1:0) Summary  39' Studer
74' (1:1) Studer		 Attendance: 4,800
Referee: Markus Nobs

League table
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD BP Pts Qualification
1 Sion 14 9 3 2 18 10 +8 19 49 Swiss champions, qualified for 1997–98 Champions League
2 Xamax 14 6 6 2 22 14 +8 22 46 qualified for 1997–98 UEFA Cup
3 Grasshopper Club 14 7 4 3 37 18 +19 20 45 qualified for 1997–98 UEFA Cup
4 Lausanne-Sport 14 8 2 4 20 16 +4 17 43 entered 1997 UEFA Intertoto Cup
5 Aarau 14 3 4 7 17 22 −5 18 31 entered 1997 UEFA Intertoto Cup
6 FC St. Gallen 14 3 4 7 13 26 −13 14 27
7 Zürich 14 1 7 6 9 18 −9 14 24
8 Basel 14 3 2 9 16 28 −12 13 24
Source: rsssf.com

Swiss Cup
Main article: Swiss Cup
22 September 1996 Round of 64 FC Münsingen 1 – 3 (a.e.t.) Basel Sportanlage Sandreutenen, Münsingen
14:30 Moreno  17'
Bruttin 90' (1:1)
P. Leimgruber  102'		 Summary  30' Tabakovic
36' (0:1) Nyarko
 49' Giallanza
 70' Smajić
98' (1:2) Frick
117' (1:3) Armentano		 Attendance: 1,800
Referee: Vincent Dafflon
15 March 1997 Round of 32 Basel 2 – 1 Young Boys St. Jakob Stadium, Basel
20:00 Giallanza  20'
Kondé 26' (2:1)
La Placa 46'
Kondé  70'
Tabakovic  88'
H. Yakin  90'		 Summary  5' Baumann
21' (1:1) Okolosi
 65' Lengen		 Attendance: 11,000
Referee: Marcel Vollenweider
29 March 1997 Round of 16 Basel 1 – 4 Servette St. Jakob Stadium, Basel
20:00 Foda  4'
Schupp 79' (pen. 1:3)		 Summary 5' (pen. 0:1) Sesa
 10' Němeček
 17' Margarini
35' (0:2)  67' Cantaluppi
 45' Juárez
70' (0:3) Karlen
83' (o.g. 1:4) Schupp		 Attendance: 10,000
Referee: Dieter Schoch

Intertoto Cup
Main article: 1996 UEFA Intertoto Cup

Group 7 matches
Main article: 1996 UEFA Intertoto Cup § Group 7
22 June 1996 Round 1 Basel 2 – 2 Shakhtar Donetsk St. Jakob Stadium, Basel
10:15 Zuffi 12' (1:0)
H. Yakin 80' (2:2)		 Summary 22' (1:1) Ostachov
 29' Jaksmanutski
 45' Pyatenko
57' (1:2) Pyatenko		 Attendance: 2,000
Referee: Darko Cvitkovic
29 June 1997 Round 2 Antalyaspor 2 – 5 Basel Isparta Atatürk Stadium, Isparta
17:30 Aliriza 2' (1:0)
Nuri 34' (2:3)
Murat  39'		 Summary 23' (1:1) Smajić
25' (1:2) Moser
29' (1:3) H. Yakin
56' (2:4) Giallanza
 57' Poulard
61' (2:5) La Placa
 69' Frick
 85' Armentano		 Attendance: 4,600
Referee: Gheorghe Constantin
13 July 1996 Round 3 Basel 5 – 0 Ataka-Aura Minsk St. Jakob Stadium, Basel
20:00 Nyarko 20' (1:0)
Moser 22' (2:0)
La Placa 42' (3:0)
Frick 53' (4:0)
Armentano 67' (5:0)
Salvi  89'		 Summary  50' Ermakovich Attendance: 4,200
Referee: Vanco Kocev (Macedonia)
20 July 1996 Round 4 Rotor Volgograd 3 – 2 Basel Central Stadium, Volgograd
18:00 Niederhaus 18' (1:0)
Yesipov 38' (2:2)
Veretennikov 57' (3:2)
Yesipov  61'		 Summary 29' (1:1) Orlando
30' (1:2) Giallanza
 31' Giallanza
 49' Salvi		 Attendance: 8,000
Referee: Branimir Babarogić (FR Yugoslavia)

Group 7 table
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Rotor Volgograd 4 3 0 1 12 5 +7 9 Advanced to semi-finals
2 Basel 4 2 1 1 14 7 +7 7
3 Antalyaspor 4 2 0 2 7 7 0 6
4 Shakhtar Donetsk 4 1 1 2 5 8 −3 4
5 Ataka-Aura Minsk 4 1 0 3 2 13 −11 3
Source: rsssf.com

See also

References
  1. Stefan Peter. "Überregionale Meisterschaften, Schweizer und Basler Cup". Retrieved 2017-11-16.
  2. joggeli.ch (1997). "Erste Mannschaft/Kader Saison 1996/97". joggeli.ch. Retrieved 2020-11-16.
  3. Garin, Erik (1997). "Switzerland 1996/97". rsssf.com. Retrieved 2020-11-16.
  4. Erik Garin. "Switzerland 1996/97". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Retrieved 2020-11-16.
  5. Karel Stokkermans (1996). "Intertoto Cup-1996". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Retrieved 2020-11-16.

Sourcess
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